INEC absent as court adjourns APP deregistration case to April 16

A Federal High Court sitting successful Owerri has adjourned the substance seeking to disqualify the Action Peoples Party, APP, from participating successful immoderate electoral workout pursuing its deregistration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The case, which was expected to commence fully, was adjourned to April 16 pursuing the lack of a ineligible typical from INEC and a plea for much clip to hole a defence by APP’s ineligible team.

The case, with Suit No: FHC/CS/03/2026, was filed by 1 Mr. Franklin Ngoforo, the Coordinator of Civic Action for Democracy (CAC), seeking the delisting of APP arsenic a governmental party.

Present successful tribunal were members of the ineligible squad from the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, representing the Federal Government, arsenic good arsenic immoderate civilian nine organisations.

At the commencement of proceedings, APP’s ineligible squad pleaded for much clip to alteration them hole their defence, portion INEC did not nonstop immoderate ineligible representative.

The presiding judge, aft listening to submissions from each parties present, adjourned the substance to April 16, giving APP’s ineligible squad astir 7 weeks to record immoderate defence they privation to present.

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